Ep. 7 — Pair Programming: Thinking Out Loud and Asking for Help

Pair programming English for developers: learn the phrases for narrating your reasoning, forming hypotheses, asking for help, and handing over the keyboard — in one real debugging session.Follow Alex and Sam as they pair-program through a payment-confirmation bug. You’ll hear Sam narrate her debugging process, form a hypothesis, get stuck, hand over the wheel to Alex, and spot the fix by thinking out loud — classic rubber-duck debugging in action.📚 10 terms in this episode: walk me through, I’m not following, take the wheel, hypothesis, sanity check, rubber-duck, go through, background, currently, edge case📄 Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/7▶ Watch & subscribe on YouTube.New episodes weekly.This episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.

Job interview English for developers: how to answer "tell me about yourself" in about a minute, with a simple present, past, future structure. Follow Sam as she rehearses her interview opener with Alex, then answers it in a practice interview with engineering manager Marcus, joining by video call. Her first try is a CV recital. Her second takes under a minute and sounds like her. Learn the three-part structure, the difference between "currently" and "actually," and how to handle the follow-up questions that come next.10 terms in this episode: currently, I specialise in, background, transitioned, what drew me to, hands-on, looking for, scope, clarify, takeawayFree PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/5Watch & subscribe on YouTube.New episodes weekly. This episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.

What do you say when a Jira ticket has no acceptance criteria and everyone is making different assumptions? Real Agile vocabulary for developers — scope, dependencies, and the questions that save you from building the wrong thing.Follow Alex and Sam through a backlog refinement session with product manager Elena joining by video call. A vague "forgot password" ticket forces the team to surface hidden assumptions, define acceptance criteria, and set the scope — before a single line of code gets written. Plus, "edge case" and "pull request" return from Episode 4, and "estimate" carries over from Episode 2.10 terms in this episode: refine / refinement, acceptance criteria, scope, out of scope, assumption, clarify, dependency, edge case, estimate, pull requestThis episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/5Watch on YouTube & subscribe: https://youtu.be/2gMX_6Z4gtkNew episodes weekly — subscribe for weekly Tech English lessons for developers

Code review English for developers: how to request changes on a pull request, and how to answer when someone requests changes on yours. Follow Alex and Sam through a live pull request review, with QA engineer Priya joining by video call to flag an edge case. Sam thought her PR was ready to merge; Alex has comments. Learn the difference between a nit and a blocker, why "refactor" lands softer than "rewrite," and how to say "good catch" and "fair point" like a professional. 10 terms in this episode: pull request (PR), code review, LGTM, nit, refactor, edge case, readable, iterate, root cause, follow up Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/4Watch & subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DWCO02rBrAgNew episodes weekly. This episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.

Sprint retrospective English for developers: how to say what went wrong in a retro without blaming anyone.Follow Alex and Sam through a real sprint retrospective, with QA engineer Priya joining by video call. The login feature shipped, but Thursday's deployment was rough. Hear the team move from "the DevOps team dropped the ball" to "the root cause was no shared checklist," and learn how to give honest feedback that fixes the process, not the person. 10 terms in this episode: retrospective (retro), what went well, room for improvement, pain point, root cause, iterate, takeaway, going forward, commit, trade-off Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/3Watch & subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TlwOq0Td8SMNew episodes weekly. This episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.

How do you estimate work and commit to a sprint in English? Real Agile vocabulary for developers — story points, trade-offs, and more.Follow Alex and Sam through a real sprint planning meeting, with QA engineer Priya joining by video call. You'll hear how to estimate a backlog item, negotiate a trade-off, and use "commit" instead of the false friend "compromise" — plus watch "blocked" and "on track" carry over from Episode 1.📚 10 terms in this episode: sprint planning, backlog, story points, estimate, capacity, commit, trade-off, compromise, blocked, on track📄 Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/2 ▶ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@techenglishvoices 🔔 New episodes every WednesdayThis episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.

Learn exactly what to say when you're blocked in a daily stand-up meeting — real Agile English for developers, with 10 essential vocabulary terms.Follow Alex and Sam through a real software team's morning stand-up, joined remotely by teammate Priya. You'll hear how to report a blocker, ask clarifying questions, and use natural Agile vocabulary — the kind you'll actually need in your own stand-up.Vocabulary in this episode: stand-up, blocked/blocker, sprint, circle back, touch base, follow up, on track, action item, actually, eventually.This episode is for language learning purposes only. Workplace scenarios are fictional.Free PDF transcript + vocabulary list: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/1Subscribe on YouTube: https://techenglishvoices.com/episodes/1New episodes every Wednesday.